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Chippmunk Raises $750,000 in Seed Funding for Scaling & Product Development

Tech Zulu Event

The seed round was led by investments from Richard Chino, a key early member of GoTo.com and Smarter.com; Dan Murray, CFO of Machinima ; Derek Draper of Wildfire by Google; Nikhil Srivastava of KKR ; Angel Investor Andrew Schwartz and other angles from LA and Silicon Valley. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development.

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Review: Inside the House of Lies at Theranos

Xconomy

In the real world, of course, proof is hard to come by. These can be positive attributes in an entrepreneur, but in a more rational world, technology investors wouldn’t overvalue them. Risk capital would be allocated based mostly on evidence, data, progress towards milestones—in short, on proof.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

Tech Zulu Event

And of course, to extend a supportive and educated hand to inquisitive friends and acquaintances – through social media, fact checking, and a call to disconnect from toxic news stories. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Brock Pierce – Digital Currency Entrepreneur and Angel Investor.

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” According to Draper, in addition to the above Rule Number One, there are many other questions that need to be answered before a CEO should recommend to the board that it is time for an IPO: Do you really need the money? Do you need the IPO for your acquisitions strategy?

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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carter’s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

LATechDigest

Trakfire : a platform that enables its community to curate the best music from emerging artists, the third company founded founded by 19 year old USC Iovine Young Academy sophomore Arjun Mehta. SMASHD LABS First-Round Cohorts.

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Off To SXSW, Our Schedule, And A Special Thanks

Tech Zulu Event

The time has come for us to say goodbye SoCal (temporarily of course) and HELLO Austin! is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. We have a jammed packed schedule while we are out there and you will be able to follow along with this special SXSW calender below. Headquartered in San Francisco, Justin.tv

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DefCon 22 | DISOBEY!

Tech Zulu Event

It’s interesting to see academic institutions like Carnegie Mellon offering courses in MSIS in close proximity to more hands-on booths such as Hard Case Survival specializing in surreptitious entry / restraint escape training for government and military.